If you can't go one way, there's many ways to get where you're going. So you just take a step back and see beyond the wall.

In the darkest place, shed the brightest light.

The more you practice and study, the better you are so I still practice and study all the time.

I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

Just like I am obsessed with the history of fashion, I love reading about the history of makeup.

The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.

You know, I've been playing with my hair color ever since I was nine.